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Council Minutes of 11-17-2015 Hemann, Kearney and Limpert; Mayor Kennedy, Planning and Development Director Wenger, Ryan Conrad representing the applicant and guests. • Discussed first was CMS15-4501 Savers, formerly Remington College, located at 26350 Brookpark Road. The proposal consists of site and facade improvements to the building for Savers, which is a thrift store franchise, and another unnamed tenant. The building will have the red mansard roof removed and hardy plank siding installed and capped with a metal coping. There will be new landscaping and resurfacing of the lot, which was a condition required from the Verizon project. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of CMS 15-4501 Savers with conditions set forth by the Planning and Design Commission. Councilman Schumann made a motion to recommend approval of CMS 15-4501 Savers located at 26350 Brookpark Road subject to recommendations set forth by the Planning and Design Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Williamson and passed unanimously. CMS15-4501 Savers approved 6-0. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2015-96 which is an Ordinance amending Chapter 1321 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted entitled, "Permit and Inspection Fees" for the purpose of updating fee schedules, and declaring an emergency. The Ordinance will adjust permit fees to be more comparable with other area communities. Some changes will include the elimination of the blanket home owners permit, an additional fee for fast tracking and increases in license fees for rental property in order to take into account for the additional expense of interior inspections. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2015-96. • Discussed last was Ordinance 2015-103 which is an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) Agreement with BIW Properties, LLC for the Aloft hotel project and partial tax abatement, and declaring an emergency. This was discussed in a previous committee meeting and came back to BZD due to a notification issue with the schools. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2015-103 with suspension. Councilman Schumann thanked members of Council for attending the zoning update report presented by Paul LeBlanc of LSL Planning on Wednesday. Much work is ahead for Council, Planning and Development Director Wenger and the Planning and Design Commission if the city is to make the ordinance work more effectively and encourage redevelopment. He also mentioned that he was fortunate to attend the APA conference on Friday with members of the Planning and Design Commission and Appeals Board. This is the third year he has been able to attend. He attended four hour and a half lectures and learned a lot. Planning and Development Director Wenger and Sarah, an employee of the company that helped design the city's Master Plan, did a presentation about North Olmsted's Master Plan process. Planners, elected officials and appointed officials from various communities were very impressed— not only with the presentation but the actual Master Plan and how much has already has been accomplished since it was published. Councilwoman Hemann thanked Finance Director Copfer for bringing Resolution 2015- 110 to Council's attention. This was discussed in Caucus this evening. The Pancreatic 4